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-president obama said let's go to an asteroid. what i didn't know until i did my research, my reporting on this is that to go to an asteroid would take about a year. even a near earth asian asteroid.l where are you think where are they. they orbit around the sun, theyhey're don't come close to to the earth. mary moving in different speed. it would take a long time.ave the nasa doesn't have the money to do that. it's a very daunting challenge so they've come up with this fall back plan which is to bring the allege asteroid back to orbitound the around the moon. that even possible? >> yes, it's pos what'swill it actually happen, that's a good question. that's what we looked at. a lot of scientists say we don't have a good target.get. if you look at the near earth asteroids the ones you might potentially go grab. grab. >> that are out there or the sun. orbiting earth does but they move at all the sun different speeds. o so it can't be spinning too rapidly, it can't be tumbling, it can't be just like a loosene bag of rocks. it can't b
-president obama said let's go to an asteroid. what i didn't know until i did my research, my reporting on this is that to go to an asteroid would take about a year. even a near earth asian asteroid.l where are you think where are they. they orbit around the sun, theyhey're don't come close to to the earth. mary moving in different speed. it would take a long time.ave the nasa doesn't have the money to do that. it's a very daunting challenge so they've come up with this fall back plan which is...
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obama killed that back to the moon program saying we've been there, we've done that. this is a big debate. should we go back to the moon or not. where people want to go is mars. an argument could be made to go but in the meantime we still have this big rocket and this space capsule. the mission where you capture this rock and orbit it, capture it and do an eba, a space walk with a couple of astronauts and bring samples back. a lot of moving parts though. we call it mission improbable to gamble this is really going to happen based on nasa's timetable. >> it's all caught up on this question of what is nasa's mission now going forward.->> yes. what is nasa trying to do. what's the point of this is. this is an agency that's done incredible things. and some day maybe nasa will lead an international effort to put people on mars. that's the goal that everyone wants to do. short of that maybe get people to orbit around mars. shore of that maybe somebody can go to a near earth asteroid. this is one step behind that. this is exg acompellingexamining a rock. >> is it more than t
obama killed that back to the moon program saying we've been there, we've done that. this is a big debate. should we go back to the moon or not. where people want to go is mars. an argument could be made to go but in the meantime we still have this big rocket and this space capsule. the mission where you capture this rock and orbit it, capture it and do an eba, a space walk with a couple of astronauts and bring samples back. a lot of moving parts though. we call it mission improbable to gamble...
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obama still plans to attend the g-20 gathering in st. petersburg, next month, but has added a side visit to sweden instead. and secretary of state john kerry and defense secretary chuck hagel will meet with their russian counterparts in washington on friday. >> brown: was the president right to cancel the meeting? and where does this leave u.s.- russian relations? stephen sestanovich teaches international diplomacy at columbia university. he served in the state department during the reagan and clinton administrations. dimitri simes is president of the center for the national interest. he just returned from a trip to russia where he met with senior russian officials. welcome to both of you. stephen sestanovich was it the snowden asylum in the end that led to this and do you think it was the right move. >> i think it was a key factor in the decision but it wasn't the most important issue. what it did was force the administration to take careful stock of where the relationship stood. what's going on they had to ask, and is this meeting goin
obama still plans to attend the g-20 gathering in st. petersburg, next month, but has added a side visit to sweden instead. and secretary of state john kerry and defense secretary chuck hagel will meet with their russian counterparts in washington on friday. >> brown: was the president right to cancel the meeting? and where does this leave u.s.- russian relations? stephen sestanovich teaches international diplomacy at columbia university. he served in the state department during the...
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obama is a guy who likes to compete with other men. and they seem a psychodrama as putin got into a psychodrama with bush before them. a lot of the personal and a lot of petty, when you hear the backroom stories of mano a mano. >> my dog is bigger than your dog. >> we're being run by 14-year-olds. >> in the women take over but there was a competition whose dog was bigger and pint had a bigger dog than barney. so there's that element. but the bigger problem is that we have gotten russia into a spot where they're benefitting from this. pint benefits from this. he's in dicey political straits. he gets to take the u.s. on, both on snowedden and gay issues, really popular for him back home. i think there was probably a more supple way not to put him in this confrontational mode where he would benefit from dissing us. >> woodruff: and you think that's what happened? >> and i don't think we've been supple enough about that. >> i think this was a pretty calculated snub. yes, it's a dark relationship, but we do not want to break it. somen some
obama is a guy who likes to compete with other men. and they seem a psychodrama as putin got into a psychodrama with bush before them. a lot of the personal and a lot of petty, when you hear the backroom stories of mano a mano. >> my dog is bigger than your dog. >> we're being run by 14-year-olds. >> in the women take over but there was a competition whose dog was bigger and pint had a bigger dog than barney. so there's that element. but the bigger problem is that we have...
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the name of the book is "collision 2012: obama vs. romney and the future of elections in america." not too big a topic. >> no. thank you, gwen. >> ifill: thank you. in gwen's extended conversation dan balz detailses the behind-the-scenes push to get governor chris christie to run for president. we'll be back with a look at concerns over babies using smartphones and tablets. first we are taking a pledge break, and we ask for your support to >> brown: finally tonight, the latest thing in child-raising and technology: so-called "baby apps." software products that light up mobile device screens to keep young children occupied. some companies promote them as educational. but that's met some resistance, including from an advocacy group called the "campaign for a commercial-free childhood". it filed a complaint yesterday, asking the federal trade commission to step in. to tell us about the phenomenon and the debate, we turn to dr. michael rich, director of the center on media and child health at boston children's hospital and an associate professor of pediatrics at harvard medical school.
the name of the book is "collision 2012: obama vs. romney and the future of elections in america." not too big a topic. >> no. thank you, gwen. >> ifill: thank you. in gwen's extended conversation dan balz detailses the behind-the-scenes push to get governor chris christie to run for president. we'll be back with a look at concerns over babies using smartphones and tablets. first we are taking a pledge break, and we ask for your support to >> brown: finally tonight,...
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here is the dilemma for the obama administration. on the one hand, we have to be identified with human rights. that's the kind of country we are. that's our history. we have to stand up and condemn a government like the government in cairo when they act in this reprehensible manner. on the other hand, the united states has very important security and economic interests in egypt. it's the keystone country of the middle east. the peace agreement between egypt and israel, the camp david accords that jimmiy carter negotiated are critical and the bedrock of our policy in the entire region and egypt has been a real partner in the united states, as you know, in countering terror in the region and trying to constain and constrain iran. there's the dilemma for the from the. how far do we go? i think the strategy here, judy, by the united states government is to use the influence we have to push the military authorities towards some kind of a plan that would give some hope to the egyptian people, a revised constitution, new elections, and hope
here is the dilemma for the obama administration. on the one hand, we have to be identified with human rights. that's the kind of country we are. that's our history. we have to stand up and condemn a government like the government in cairo when they act in this reprehensible manner. on the other hand, the united states has very important security and economic interests in egypt. it's the keystone country of the middle east. the peace agreement between egypt and israel, the camp david accords...
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president obama himself spoke by phone with house speaker john boehner. in a letter, boehner had urged him to explain the rationale for any attack on syria. separately, nearly 120 other house members-- 98 republicans and 18 democrats-- wrote to the president, demanding that he seek congressional authorization before any military strike. meanwhile, in london, british prime minister david cameron faced a rising chorus of opposition in parliament to attacking syria. he sought to play down fears of a wider war. >> to me the biggest danger of escalation is if the world community, not just britain but america, and others, stand back and do nothing because i think assad will draw very clear conclusions from that. >> brown: france endorsed that sentiment, and the defense minister signaled his nation's military is poised to act. >> ( translated ): the armed forces are in a position to respond to the requests and the decisions of the president once he reaches that point. >> brown: the french and british leaders had already spoken by phone with president obama. toda
president obama himself spoke by phone with house speaker john boehner. in a letter, boehner had urged him to explain the rationale for any attack on syria. separately, nearly 120 other house members-- 98 republicans and 18 democrats-- wrote to the president, demanding that he seek congressional authorization before any military strike. meanwhile, in london, british prime minister david cameron faced a rising chorus of opposition in parliament to attacking syria. he sought to play down fears of...
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president obama paid a rare call on congress today. he talked up his economic ideas to fellow democrats and tried to lm concerns about his health care law. >> hello, everybody! >> holman: the president arrived first on the house side of the capitol, and later after a closed-door session that lasted nearly an hour, he said his message was simple. >> jobs, middle class, growth. >> holman: house minority leader nancy pelosi said her members were enthusiastic. >> it was a really masterful presentation that he made on the subject of jobs in the future. and today, we had the chance to go back and forth on some of the issues that, so he could hear some of our priorities, and we his. >> holman: other democrats said those issues included the public's confusion over the new health care law and fears the prospects for immigration reform legislation may be dimming. later, mr. obama crossed the capitol, for a similar meeting with senate democrats. maine independent angus king-- who caucuses with the democrats- - said on health care, the president u
president obama paid a rare call on congress today. he talked up his economic ideas to fellow democrats and tried to lm concerns about his health care law. >> hello, everybody! >> holman: the president arrived first on the house side of the capitol, and later after a closed-door session that lasted nearly an hour, he said his message was simple. >> jobs, middle class, growth. >> holman: house minority leader nancy pelosi said her members were enthusiastic. >> it...
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the name of the book is "collision 2012: obama vs. romney and the future of elections in america." not too big a topic. >> no. thank you, gwen. >> ifill: thank you. in gwen's extended conversation dan balz detailses the behind-the-scenes push to get governor chris christie to run for president. we'll be back with a look at concerns over babies using smartphones and tablets. first we are taking a pledge break, and we ask forthe pbs ne. i'm paul anthony along with patty kim. this brief break has a very specific purpose-- to ask you to take action and support outstanding journalism and this public television station. you can do it all with one call to make a donation that reflects what the pbs newshour means to you. would you pay a quarter to watch this program tonight? if you multiply that donation for the wle year, that's a $65 pledge. or how about $1 to watch tonight's broadcast? that's a $250 donation for an entire year of serious journalism. it only takes a couple of minutes to make that call, so don't delay. when you donate on behalf of the pbs newshour, we have some additional
the name of the book is "collision 2012: obama vs. romney and the future of elections in america." not too big a topic. >> no. thank you, gwen. >> ifill: thank you. in gwen's extended conversation dan balz detailses the behind-the-scenes push to get governor chris christie to run for president. we'll be back with a look at concerns over babies using smartphones and tablets. first we are taking a pledge break, and we ask forthe pbs ne. i'm paul anthony along with patty kim....
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in washington, the obama administration expressed alarm at news of the attack, but white house deputy press secretary josh earnest stopped short of confirming details, instead calling on a u.n.-backed investigation. >> there is an investigation team on the ground in syria right and we are hopeful that the assad regime will follow through on what they have claimed previously. and give the investigators access to the sites, the opportunity to interview witnesses, the opportunity to collect physical samples, and other things that would help them reach a credible determination about what exactly occurred. >> suarez: world leaders, including britain and germany's foreign ministers and u.n. secretary general ban ki moon expressed shock at the chemical weapons allegations and called for a thorough investigation. as did russia , which has protected the assad regime by vetoing u.n. sanctions aimed at ending the violence. but in a statement its foreign ministry spokesman suggested the incident could be a provocation by the opposition, saying: the u.n. security council did meet in emergency sess
in washington, the obama administration expressed alarm at news of the attack, but white house deputy press secretary josh earnest stopped short of confirming details, instead calling on a u.n.-backed investigation. >> there is an investigation team on the ground in syria right and we are hopeful that the assad regime will follow through on what they have claimed previously. and give the investigators access to the sites, the opportunity to interview witnesses, the opportunity to collect...
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president obama has renewed his push for mortgage reform. in phoenix today, the president called for phasing out fannie mae and freddie mac, the government-backed mortgage giants. he said taxpayers should not have to suffer when lenders make poor decisions. >> we've got to encourage the pursuit of profit but' era of expecting a bailout after you pursue your profit and you don't manage your risk well, well, that puts the whole country at risk. we're ending those days. we're not going to do that anymore. ( applause ) >> reporter: the president said he wants the private sector to assume most of the risk while continuing to offer the popular 30-year mortgage. wall street gave up ground today over warnings of weaker profits. the dow jones industrial average lost 94 points to close at 15,518. the nasdaq fell 27 points to close at 3,665. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to gwen. >> ifill: people in newsrooms and at water coolers across the country were abuzz today with word that the flagship paper in the nation's capital is abou
president obama has renewed his push for mortgage reform. in phoenix today, the president called for phasing out fannie mae and freddie mac, the government-backed mortgage giants. he said taxpayers should not have to suffer when lenders make poor decisions. >> we've got to encourage the pursuit of profit but' era of expecting a bailout after you pursue your profit and you don't manage your risk well, well, that puts the whole country at risk. we're ending those days. we're not going to do...
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this is the image of the then candidate barack obama and michelle obama doing a fist bump. why was that so terrible. >> the editor explained this was not a parody, this is not a satire of obama, it was, and it was not intended to show him and ichelle as terrorists, it was a satire of right wing having thought of them as terrorists. different people read it in different ways and the great cartoon spiegelman did a kissing a caribbean woman. when tina brown was in the new york she put an explanation in the very issue it aared but it still caused cancellations and out raged. >> in the book you seem to be intrigued by the imagery behind the cartoon as you are by the message. how important is the art of it all? >> well, i think it's critical. we go back to the old testament, no grave an image the fames cartoons of mohamed that caused hundreds of thousands in the world against it. we saw images in death. the images ironically in the case of the danish cartoons most of the people who demonstrated never saw the cartoons. it was the idea of the imagery that was up setting. it was lik
this is the image of the then candidate barack obama and michelle obama doing a fist bump. why was that so terrible. >> the editor explained this was not a parody, this is not a satire of obama, it was, and it was not intended to show him and ichelle as terrorists, it was a satire of right wing having thought of them as terrorists. different people read it in different ways and the great cartoon spiegelman did a kissing a caribbean woman. when tina brown was in the new york she put an...
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captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> woodruff: president obama announced sweeping changes which could make college more affordable and accountable. good evening, i'm judy woodruff. >> suarez: and i'm ray suarez. on the "newshour" tonight, at the core of the president's plan-- a rating system to see which colleges teach well while holding down costs. we get the details and ask if it is the right way to go. >> woodruff: then, u.s. intelligence weighs evidence of a possible poison gas attack that may have killed hundreds outside damascus. margaret warner looks at outrage around the world. >> suarez: a fresh series of secret tapes reveals former president nixon's attempts to control the watergate scandal. we hear excerpts and discuss what they tell us. >> woodruff: and we look at the personalities driving the politics and gridlock in washington with two authors and veteran political journalists: robert draper and mark leibovich. >> you do wonder, when people are in office, when people are in power, who are they really working for? are they in it to serve the public good, or ar
captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> woodruff: president obama announced sweeping changes which could make college more affordable and accountable. good evening, i'm judy woodruff. >> suarez: and i'm ray suarez. on the "newshour" tonight, at the core of the president's plan-- a rating system to see which colleges teach well while holding down costs. we get the details and ask if it is the right way to go. >> woodruff: then, u.s. intelligence weighs...
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from the beginning, the obama administration pushed the states to adopt them. >> we laid out a few key criteria and said, "if you meet these tests, we'll reward you by helping you reform your schools." >> reporter: the reward was significant: hundreds of millions of dollars to states that pledged to do what washington wanted. states competed for a share of the $4.35 billion in what washington calls "race to the top." >> governor were nervous. ( laughs ) >> reporter: 46 states and the district of columbia presented ambitious plans. >> oh, we believe louisiana is one of the top candidates for this. i mean, we have such exciting reform going on. >> reporter: only a handful of states have actually won federal money, but most have fallen in line and adopted the common core. the common core standards are only the "what." they describe what students should know and be able to do at each grade level. they're not the "how." how the standards are taught, what happens in classrooms, that's the curriculum. developing and selling curriculum materials is a billion-dollar business, but some states, i
from the beginning, the obama administration pushed the states to adopt them. >> we laid out a few key criteria and said, "if you meet these tests, we'll reward you by helping you reform your schools." >> reporter: the reward was significant: hundreds of millions of dollars to states that pledged to do what washington wanted. states competed for a share of the $4.35 billion in what washington calls "race to the top." >> governor were nervous. ( laughs )...
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the name of the book is "collision 2012: obama vs. romney and the future of elections in america." not too big a topic. >> no. thank you, gwen. >> ifill: thank you. in gwen's extended conversation dan balz detailses the behind-the-scenes push to get governor chris christie to run for president. we'll be back with a look at concerns over babies using smartphones and tablets. first we are taking a pledge break, and we ask for your support to help keep programs like ours on the air. thank you. >> ifill: for those stations not taking a pledge break, we take a second look at a revolution of sorts in american cities. judy woodruff has that. >> woodruff: cities are increasingly the places people want to live. two-thirds of americans today reside in metropolitan areas which in turn account for three- fourths of the nation's economy. but government has traditionally operated with the model of washington, the federal government on top. the states next and cities having whatever is left over at the bottom. now, however, as urban areas are washington is viewed as stuck in partisan gridlock and
the name of the book is "collision 2012: obama vs. romney and the future of elections in america." not too big a topic. >> no. thank you, gwen. >> ifill: thank you. in gwen's extended conversation dan balz detailses the behind-the-scenes push to get governor chris christie to run for president. we'll be back with a look at concerns over babies using smartphones and tablets. first we are taking a pledge break, and we ask for your support to help keep programs like ours on...
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and the newshour tonight as the obama administration gathers international support for military action, it says the goal of any response will not be regime change. margaret warner has the latest on options for action in syria. then we return to the march on washington 50 years on. tonight reflections from the last living speaker, georgia congressman john liu business. >> it was all inclusive it was black and white, latino, asia asian-american and native american. >> they came from idaho, wyoming, and they were there. carrying their signs. >> and we conclude our series on governing in a time of gridlock with a look at how the entertainment world sees the nation's capital. >> the question we ask is if someone is actually getting something done, do the ends justify the means? it is an interesting question to ask when washington is paralyzed by gridlock. >> that is all ahead on tonight's newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by... moving our economy for 160 years, bnsf the engine that connects us. >> and the hewlett foundation working to solve social and environ
and the newshour tonight as the obama administration gathers international support for military action, it says the goal of any response will not be regime change. margaret warner has the latest on options for action in syria. then we return to the march on washington 50 years on. tonight reflections from the last living speaker, georgia congressman john liu business. >> it was all inclusive it was black and white, latino, asia asian-american and native american. >> they came from...
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it was done in libya by president obama. this has happened before. as long as there is consultance with congress, as long as theree are discussion, i think it's clear the president has a right to smaik a sure and if it's more than 60 days he needs to come to congress. the people who have accused the president through these many months of doing nothing are now accusing him when he wants to do something of not doing the right thing at all. so i think the president is put in a position of beelz damned if he does and damned if he doesn't. i trust the president. i like the president. i think he's doing the right thing. we cannot arb low thugs like assad to gas his own people. it's war crimes, and we can talk about it till we turn blue, but it's time to do something about it it. and if america has the gumption to do it, well, i think that speaks legending about our country and what we stand for. >> brown: mac thornberry, do you dispute the president has the legal authority to act now? >> i think it depends on how he intends to act. but, actually, i think t
it was done in libya by president obama. this has happened before. as long as there is consultance with congress, as long as theree are discussion, i think it's clear the president has a right to smaik a sure and if it's more than 60 days he needs to come to congress. the people who have accused the president through these many months of doing nothing are now accusing him when he wants to do something of not doing the right thing at all. so i think the president is put in a position of beelz...
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. >> warner: for weeks, president obama has said the n.s.a.'s information-gathering on americans was strictly limited and tightly overseen by the foreign intelligence surveillance-- or fisa-- court. but today, the "washington post" reported the spy agency has overstepped its legal authority thousands of times each year since congress expanded the agency's powers in 2008, and the fisa court's chief judge told the "post" his court doesn't have the ability to independently verify if the spy agency is complying fully with privacy-protection rules. the report was based on documents leaked by former n.s.a. contractor edward snowden. "washington post" correspondent carol leonnig worked on both stories and joins me now. carol, welcome. >> thank you, margaret. >> warner: first of all, what, sort of information has the n.s.a. been collecting and storing on americans that is beyond the scope of the law or the court rules? >> the court's rules are very strict on several things, but the most important is not intruding on americans' privacy when there is no
. >> warner: for weeks, president obama has said the n.s.a.'s information-gathering on americans was strictly limited and tightly overseen by the foreign intelligence surveillance-- or fisa-- court. but today, the "washington post" reported the spy agency has overstepped its legal authority thousands of times each year since congress expanded the agency's powers in 2008, and the fisa court's chief judge told the "post" his court doesn't have the ability to...